Today's letters: Common sense

Published: Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 5:04 p.m.

To the editor: New Jersey needs help restoring all the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, not President Barack Obama checking the damage. Of course it’s a disaster in need of federal funds.

Transfer the money saved by grounding Air Force One and all the security forces needed for a presidential trip to something useful for New Jersey’s needs. The police around the state do not need the stress or expense of keeping the president safe at this particular time.

As a taxpayer, I would like to see some common sense in spending taxpayer dollars.

Kenneth Stone

Hendersonville

Iran hostages

To the editor: Joseph Perrone Jr. expressed outrage after viewing the movie “Argo,” wherein President Jimmy Carter related how “we” eventually secured the release of the Iran hostages.

Said Perrone, “Mr. Carter had nothing to do with their release. It was President Ronald Reagan who secured the release of the remaining hostages after their 444 days of captivity.”

According to mainstream computer sources, including UPI.com, the Iran hostages were formally released into United States custody the day after the signing of the Algiers Accords, a deal brokered by Algeria between America and Iran, just minutes after the new American President Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. The date was Jan. 20, 1981.

Reagan was a good American, but I doubt even he could have brokered the hostage release in the few minutes between the time he became president and the time when the hostages were released.

Please allow credit where credit is due.

Winifred Bainbridge

Hendersonville

Deserves credit

To the editor: A writer had a letter in Tuesday’s paper claiming that President Jimmy Carter did not negotiate the release of the hostages in Iran but that Reagan did.

I hate to tell him, but a quick Google search would have informed him that an Algerian-mediated agreement that President Carter pressed for until the last hour of his term in office was signed. Ronald Reagan took his oath of office on Jan. 20, and the hostages flew out of Iran that day.

Sarah Wall

Mills River

Misunderstood

To the editor: Maybe the author of “Straight Talk” misunderstood the meaning of my letter “Class warfare.” He incorrectly grouped me together with the “Romney bashers”! I was describing a communist socialist state and the similar goals of the progressive Democrats in our government.

I am a friend of capitalism and of free enterprise, which created our large and thriving middle class. Perhaps reading up on European history, especially on the rise of fascism, could be informative. We are actually moving backward.

<p>To the editor: New Jersey needs help restoring all the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, not President Barack Obama checking the damage. Of course it’s a disaster in need of federal funds.</p><p>Transfer the money saved by grounding Air Force One and all the security forces needed for a presidential trip to something useful for New Jersey’s needs. The police around the state do not need the stress or expense of keeping the president safe at this particular time.</p><p>As a taxpayer, I would like to see some common sense in spending taxpayer dollars.</p><p><em>Kenneth Stone</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Iran hostages</h3>
<p>To the editor: Joseph Perrone Jr. expressed outrage after viewing the movie Argo, wherein President Jimmy Carter related how we eventually secured the release of the Iran hostages.</p><p>Said Perrone, Mr. Carter had nothing to do with their release. It was President Ronald Reagan who secured the release of the remaining hostages after their 444 days of captivity.</p><p>According to mainstream computer sources, including UPI.com, the Iran hostages were formally released into United States custody the day after the signing of the Algiers Accords, a deal brokered by Algeria between America and Iran, just minutes after the new American President Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. The date was Jan. 20, 1981.</p><p>Reagan was a good American, but I doubt even he could have brokered the hostage release in the few minutes between the time he became president and the time when the hostages were released.</p><p>Please allow credit where credit is due.</p><p><em>Winifred Bainbridge</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Deserves credit</h3>
<p>To the editor: A writer had a letter in Tuesday’s paper claiming that President Jimmy Carter did not negotiate the release of the hostages in Iran but that Reagan did.</p><p>I hate to tell him, but a quick Google search would have informed him that an Algerian-mediated agreement that President Carter pressed for until the last hour of his term in office was signed. Ronald Reagan took his oath of office on Jan. 20, and the hostages flew out of Iran that day.</p><p><em>Sarah Wall</em></p><p><em>Mills River</em></p><h3>Misunderstood</h3>
<p>To the editor: Maybe the author of Straight Talk misunderstood the meaning of my letter Class warfare. He incorrectly grouped me together with the Romney bashers! I was describing a communist socialist state and the similar goals of the progressive Democrats in our government.</p><p>I am a friend of capitalism and of free enterprise, which created our large and thriving middle class. Perhaps reading up on European history, especially on the rise of fascism, could be informative. We are actually moving backward.</p><p><em>Elizabeth Balogh</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p>